Word: religion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...book that the Class of '68 does not read very much is the Bible; by and large, graduates dismiss institutional churches as irrelevant or unimportant. Nonetheless, Roman Catholic Philosopher Michael Novak of Stanford thinks that there may be "more religion among students who now act on their conscience than among those who sit in church every Sunday seeking to be blessed." The Protestant dean of chapel at Stanford, the Rev. B. Davie Napier, enthusiastically endorses this year's seniors, who, he says, "embrace an authentic, courageous morality that sees obscenity where it really is?in all schemes that thwart...
...Magruder held Massachusetts' Sunday blue law unconstitutional. He ruled that it constituted an establishment of religion in violation of the first amendment to the Constitution...
...housing and business enterprises in low-interest, high-risk areas. In a dramatic effort to invest church services with contemporary relevance, a new communion litany, which may become part of the permanent ritual, was written for the meeting. It was a litany of some relevance to citizens of any religion-or none-in which communicants publicly confessed their civic sins. Among the supplications: > "Forgive us for pretending to care for the poor, when we do not like poor people and do not want them in our houses...
...Religion won't protect...
...wealthy aristocrats; they saw themselves "as policemen whose job was to keep recalcitrant and benighted undergraduates in line." The faculty, in turn, was intimidated by domineering presidents intent on "imposing their personal stamp on the entire college." The aim of trustees was generally to promote a special interest-a religion, a social class, a vocation or locality. As a result, they "intervened in college affairs far more disastrously than is usual today." Riesman and Jencks cite a number of stu dent rebellions during the 19th century, which they compare to "peasant revolts against tyranny...